{"id":31293,"date":"2022-10-10T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=31293"},"modified":"2023-10-29T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T04:41:53","slug":"defence-projects-running-a-century-late-max-opray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/defence-projects-running-a-century-late-max-opray\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence projects running a century late – Max Opray"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Defence projects have suffered $6.5bn worth of cost blowouts and are collectively running decades behind schedule, the federal government has revealed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u2022 Defence Minister Richard Marles<\/strong> will today detail how 18 projects were running over budget with \u201cat least $6.5bn of variations from the approved budgets identified\u201d (<\/span>The Guardian<\/a><\/span>); <\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 At least 28 <\/strong>major defence projects are a cumulative century behind schedule, including offshore patrol vessels, the Hunter-class frigates, and the battlefield command system (<\/span>The West Australian<\/span><\/a>); <\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 \u201cThe former <\/strong>Coalition government\u2019s investment in defence saw key defence projects blow out in both cost and time, money being flushed down the toilet,\u201d Marles will say;<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 The $4bn offshore patrol vessel program<\/strong> is among the projects delayed, and has also been hit with concerns about \u201cseaworthiness\u201d and whether the vessels are adequately armed (<\/span>ABC<\/span><\/a>);<\/span> <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 Labor claims <\/strong>the delays were exacerbated by the previous government demanding WA-based shipbuilder Austal be included in the project as a subcontractor;<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 The blowouts<\/strong> mean the defence budget is set to rise from $48.6bn in the March budget to about $80bn a year by 2032 (<\/span>The Australian<\/a><\/span> $); <\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 This does not<\/strong> yet include the expected heavy cost of delivering a fleet of nuclear submarines or plans to increase the size of the nation\u2019s military;<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u2022 Marles will <\/strong>commit to reforms including monthly reports to ministers and the application of \u201cearly warning\u201d rules to trigger extra scrutiny of projects that hit trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/strong><\/span>Defence projects running a century late<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Defence projects have suffered $6.5bn worth of cost blowouts and are collectively running decades behind schedule, the federal government has revealed   What we know:   \u2022 Defence Minister Richard Marles will today detail how 18 projects were running over budget with \u201cat least $6.5bn of variations from the approved budgets identified\u201d (The Guardian);     \u2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[617,135,301,113,145,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aukus","category-australias-move-to-the-right","category-corruption","category-foreign-policy","category-military","category-political-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t